Best moment in Sports History

[JVS]

Poll question: Best moment in Sports History

[LSK]

1. Bartman easily

:evilgrin:

[JVS]

2. That was indeed cool

[taterguy]

3. Southern Mountain Ultimate Frisbee Tourney's coed naked finals

[JVS]

4. What happened?

[taterguy]

5. Can't tell

What happens at Ultimate Frisbee tournaments, stays at Ultimate Frisbee tournaments :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. There was no 'armless' guy

The guy Cobb beat up had one finger on one hand and two on the other. I forget now if it was a birth defect or the result of an accident.

Interesting to note, too, that apparently the type of verbal abuse the fan laid on Cobb was so common in those days that the day after this incident, the entire Detroit team staged a one-day walkout in protest of Cobb's suspension. In a telegram to American League President Ban Johnson, they said, "If players cannot have protection, we must protect ourselves."

Tigers owner Frank Navin scrambled to put together a ball club of semi-pros and college players, who got the holy hell kicked out of them — something like 22-0. Johnson lifted Cobb's suspension and the Tigers went back to work the following day.

Edit: You forgot "Carl Mays hits Ray Chapman in the head with a pitch. Chapman dies the next day."

[JVS]

18. Sweet! Thanks for the deepening of the legend!

[Beware the Beast Man]

7. Rangers at Indians- June 4, 1974- 10-cent beer night.

Fun ensued.

[meegbear]

8. Vinko Bogataj's crash while ski jumping ...

the infamous "agony of defeat" guy in ABC's "Wide World of Sports" opening credits.

[begin_within]

9. Most thrilling ever was Franz Klammer's downhill run at the 1976 Olympics

Skied the entire run just on the edge of disaster and came up with the gold medal. Wow!

[noonwitch]

10. Stevie Y places the Stanley Cup in Vladdie K's lap

I don't get all emotional over sports that often, but that brought a tear to my eye. Vladdie was my favorite Wing before his accident.

[azmouse]

11. Randy Johnson killing a bird with a fast ball.

Classic.
See it here: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/birdball.html

[SeattleGirl]

20. Seconded!

Freakish and amazing at the same time.

[devilgrrl]

12. The 1980 USA Mens Hockey team upset over the USSR in Lake Placid

Greatest upset EVER!!!!

[KitchenWitch]

15. Second that!

[JVS]

17. How about: Red Army Team tours US, crushes every professional team

[devilgrrl]

21. Interesting...

Because if I remember correctly, the Buffalo Sabres smoked them 12-6

[JVS]

22. You probably remember correctly, but they did kick a lot of ass

[devilgrrl]

23. I remember the Red Army beating the NHL All-Star Team...

at Madison Square Garden (1978/79). There was a best-of-three series, the NHL won the first game and the Soviets beat them twice in a row! :wow:

Many of the same Soviet players were on the team that lost to the USA in Lake Placid. :crazy:

[AwakeAtLast]

30. That's the one I was looking for!

I totally agree, and I don't even like hockey!!!

:hi:

[HEyHEY]

40. It was nothing compared to the 1972 Canada/Russia summit series

[KamaAina]

13. More White Sox: Disco Demolition Night

Where were you on the night of July 12, 1979?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

Steve Dahl and Garry Meier, two radio disc jockeys for the Chicago radio station WLUP, devised a promotion that involved people bringing unwanted disco music records to the game in exchange for a 98 cents admission fee. It would prove to be the most ill-conceived promotional idea since the infamous "Ten Cent Beer Night" in Cleveland in 1974 <1>.

This promotion apparently encouraged a lot of attendees who were not "typical" baseball fans. Sox TV announcers Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall commented freely on the "strange people" wandering aimlessly in the stands. In Slouching Toward Fargo, Mike Veeck – son of then-White Sox owner Bill Veeck – recalled that the pregame air was heavy with the scent of marijuana. Many spectators, realizing that long-playing (LP) records were shaped remarkably like frisbees, threw their records from the stands during the baseball game.

After the first game, Dahl came out to center field with the records in a box rigged with a bomb, in a mock demolition of disco music. When it was exploded, thousands of fans ran onto the field. Some started their own fires and mini-riots. The bomb also ripped a hole in the outfield grass surface. Bill Veeck and Harry Caray used the public address system to implore the fans to leave the field immediately. Eventually the field was cleared by police in riot gear. In the end, six people reported minor injuries and 39 were arrested for disorderly conduct. Sparky Anderson, manager of the Detroit Tigers, refused to field his team citing safety concerns, which resulted in the forfeiture by the White Sox to the Tigers.

[KamaAina]

14. Washington Senators' (the second ones) final home game

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_%28baseball%29

Meanwhile, the Senators received new ownership in 1968 in the form of Bob Short, the Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. He sought to move the team from Washington. On September 20, 1971, he got his wish, receiving approval from AL owners to move the franchise to Arlington for the 1972 season. Washington fans were outraged, leaving the team's public relations director, Ted Rodgers, with the unenviable task of putting a positive spin on such events as fans unfurling a giant banner that contained Short's name, preceded by a popular four-letter invective. A photo of the banner appeared on the front page of a DC newspaper the following day. Fan enmity was so great that in the team's final game in RFK Stadium on September 30 against the New York Yankees, the Senators were forced to forfeit the game after angry fans stormed the field and damaged much of the stadium and playing surface.

"A popular four-letter invective", indeed. :-)

[applegrove]

16. Mario Lemieux, with someone on his back, scoring an important goal:

Canada Cup in 1987 :woohoo:

[recoveringdittohed]

19. Cleveland: 10 cent beer night

25,000 drunk in Ohio

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/features/flashbacks/06_04_1974.stm

[HEyHEY]

24. Philladelphia Flyers climb into stands and beat up crowd

[JVS]

54. RAWK!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. That pitcher that broke his arm.

Not the first time, but the second time.

Sure, there's probably been a lot of pitchers that broke their arm. I don't know his name. But I think everybody knows what I'm talking about.

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Dave Dravecky

The guy who jumped on him and broke his arm the second time as the Giants celebrated winning the NL in '89 was another pitcher, Ernie Camacho, whom I knew all through junior high and high school.

Dravecky's a fundie and a John Bircher, y'know.

[peekaloo]

32. I felt bad for him though......having to have his arm amputated.

Sad.

His left arm got Left Behind. :spank:

[JVS]

51. WOW!

[TroubleMan]

26. No spot for Jesse Owens??

that would get my vote.

[JVS]

52. Do you really think that would go along with the theme of my list?

[driver8]

27. My favorites in this order:

1. Yankees lose
2. Yankees lose
3. Yankees lose
4. Yankees lose
5. Cowboys lose

[Blue_Tires]

28. Other:

ChiSox amid a shady web of tangles alliances and backroom dealings, intentionally lose the 1919 World Series to the Reds

[JVS]

53. A fine moment

[dajoki]

31. BUCKY DENT!!

'nough said.:bounce:

[Jade Fox]

33. Skater Paul Wylie leaps from nowhere...

to win the Silver Medal in the 1992 Olympics. He was ranked 17th, or something like that, going in, but did what every skater wishes they could at the Olympics: he gave the performance of his life.

[Arkham House]

34. Mike Tyson biting off Holyfield's ear--

--that sublime moment of fair play and sportsmanship...

[JVS]

50. Oh yeah! That was fucking sweet! And sponsored by St. Ides Malt Liquor

I don't think it's a coincidence!

[enigmatic]

35. Four Words:

Ten Cent Beer Night.

I love being a Clevo Sports fan!

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/features/flashbacks/06_04_1974.stm

[Awsi Dooger]

36. Seattle Slew kicking Affirmed's rump

Marlboro Cup 1978. An obscure choice but Slew was a freak who was always vastly underrated. He nearly died due to virus in early '78. A loss to Affirmed would have relegated Slew historically to a level far below his true ability. I never screamed so loud as when he rolled home 2+ lengths in front, in the exceptional time of 1:45 4/5 for a mile and an eighth despite taken wide off the final turn by Cordero and hardly whipped to the wire.

[borlis]

41. I loved Seattle Slew!!!

He was a bargain also from what I can remember. Also quite the stud. Produced many winners.

[libnnc]

37. for me it was Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs

kicked his ass she did...and on live tee-vee

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. The best sport moment that I ever witnessed LIVE......

Was watching Secretariat's offspring win (by a large margin, BTW) a race in Inglewood a number of years ago...

Hollywood Park.....

Alas, I had not bet on that race, and I could have won a lot of money!



:cry:

[barb162]

43. Although I really don't see golf as a sport, Tiger Woods getting a

shot last year where this ball went in the hole after hanging on the edge of the hole for a few seconds. It was amazing.

[borlis]

39. Michael Jordan playing sick with the flu

and still scoring 40 some points for the Bulls in a playoff game. I can't remember what year it was.

[barb162]

44. I remember that; he was something!

[borlis]

45. Those were the days!!

He was just amazing to watch.

[barb162]

47. I saw him play in real life. The camera crews just hovered

around him before the game to the exclusion of all other players.

[Broken_Hero]

42. Ray Bourque

finally winning, and lofting the Stanley Cup in 2001...

[LSdemocrat]

46. Other: Sosa gets busted for corked bat

[JVS]

49. His excuse was the biggest heaping pile of bullshit I've ever head!

[DanCa]

48. George Foreman regainning the heavy weight title.

I won five hundred bucks that night. Thank you vegas odds makers.

[terrya]

55. Locking

Posting a "Best Sports Moments" poll with one of the choices being the death of someone is inappropriate.